What's your motivity of learning Chinese?

What's your motivity of learning Chinese?
Mar 2, 2007 02:30
CANDYQ Points: Join Date: Feb 8, 2007 Status: offline	Difficult and complicated as we admitted, Chinese remains its intangible charm to make incresing number of people try their hands on. So what's your motility of your preserving spirit? May it be just a challenge of yourselves? or for the sake of Chinese culture? May be someone decide to work or live in China?.... (Forgive my limited illustrations,:)))Oh, yes, one another, somebody better to understand his beloved Lao Po, LOL; Every one may have their sound reasons and theories, may be some stories?

Mar 2, 2007 02:30

CANDYQ
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Difficult and complicated as we admitted, Chinese remains its intangible charm to make incresing number of people try their hands on. So what's your motility of your preserving spirit?

May it be just a challenge of yourselves? or for the sake of Chinese culture? May be someone decide to work or live in China?.... (Forgive my limited illustrations,:)))Oh, yes, one another, somebody better to understand his beloved Lao Po, LOL;

Every one may have their sound reasons and theories, may be some stories?

Mar 2, 2007 06:24	#1
APAULT Points: Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Status: Offline	If I could learn, it would be so that I could talk with people, to understand more about China, and to make travel a bit easier. I also admit that when I return to Oz (Aus) I would like to be able to go into shops and restaurants in Sydney and speak Chinese

Mar 3, 2007 04:19

CHRISWAUGHBJ
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Quite simple: I live and work in China, and I intend to stay here.

Also, and most importantly (because it is easy to live and work here with only a minimal knowledge of the language), I've always been fascinated with languages, literatures and cultures. Learning Chinese is as natural as breathing (and not as hard as people say- just takes work, like any other language).

And yes, my wife is Chinese, but I could already speak passably decent everyday conversational Chinese when I met her.

But the key reason really is just the fact I love language.

Mar 3, 2007 04:20

LIONPOWER
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Mainly for business.
Facing problem when technical words or sentence translated by interpreter. Mostly they are translating it as general terms. Getting wrong result. Chinese Engineer’s mostly can’t speak in English. Last Canton fair got a young and charming girl engineer from X’ian, can speak English. Till now it’s rear.

Using software translator for Technical word, also laugh story.
So try to level best.

Mar 11, 2007 23:30

ROGERINCA
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I think Chinese is a beautiful language, especially when my wife speaks it !! :) To my ear, her Mandarin sounds more melodic than does her Cantonese; however, both are music to my ear that is now [tuned] to the language.

I love to listen to her speak and I made her promise me that she would provide me with intensive language saturation, after she arrives in the USA.

I want to learn for many of the same reasons the others have posted here.

I love China, therefore it is only logical to learn the language to have a deeper level of communication with the Chinese people.

Next to English, it is the most important language to know, as we go into the 21st Century.

I want to be able to speak to my wife and daughter, in both languages as we go through life.

I want to be able to understand more of the words of my favorite Chinese songs/music.

I want to be able to communicate with Chinese in California, such as my travel agent and those at my favorite restaurants, to enhance our level of interpersonal relations.

Mar 12, 2007 23:42	#5
ROGERINCA Points: Join Date: Jun 28, 2005 Status: Offline	Also, I think with the Olympics coming up so soon, it would be a good thing for those who are going to visit the Games, to learn some conversational Mandarin.

Mar 13, 2007 23:26

GRIZ326
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I have several motives:

* To live in China and teach English

* To read some of the great Chinese books in Chinese that I have already read in translated form

* To provide a dose of realism to romantic impressions

* To be able to communicate with people of what is arguably one of humanity's greatest societies

* To be able to participate in the opportunities sure to develop as China and the Western world participate together in the future

Like Chris, I believe that people traveling and living in another country have a responsibility to at least make an honest effort to communicate with the people of the country they visit.

Performing sleight of hand magic has always helped me make friends when traveling, but actually being able to speak at least a bit demonstrates respect and appreciation.

While my American English skills are very good, I am finding Chinese very difficult to learn. I have many excuses, but in the final analysis there is studying hard and studying smart. Studying hard often proves to be hardly studying, but I am beginning to make slow progress again........

Mar 16, 2007 04:54	#7
CANDYQ Points: Join Date: Feb 8, 2007 Status: Offline	Dear all!! :))) Thanks very much for your posts!! with so many motives!! Thanks for sharing with us. LOL;

Mar 16, 2007 05:22	#8
CANDYQ Points: Join Date: Feb 8, 2007 Status: Offline	As a language leaner for so long a time, I just can't help learning more languages!! Maybe it is the distinct language itself that attracts me most! LOL: A simple thought that if only could I read and speak English, Espanol, Korean..can excites me greatly. Good Luck to all language leaners!! Best Wishes!

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